The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, December 12, 2009
Waning Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
2:13 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1075
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 221.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 11m / -18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.80° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.74° / 7.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.99° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.